New PS3 Games Get the Teaser Treatment

Japan is in total teaser website mode. In addition to the Kojima Productions pre-E3 teaser countdown, a couple of PS3-related teaser sites popped up today.

First, and most notably, is a countdown from Sony itself. The countdown is for a beta test of some form, and looks like it's targeting a Thursday unveiling. That would usually mean a Famitsu unveil, but with E3 around the corner, perhaps Sony will spill the beans at its press conference ahead of that.

Look closely when the lightning flashes, and you'll see some artwork that has people speculating that this will be a new Patapon game. We've adjusted the levels for you here:

The other teaser site probably has nothing to do with E3. Developer Alvion is working on a new downloadable PlayStation 3 action title called "Malicious." The teaser site provides some screenshots, but does not share further details.

Malicious is set for a 2010 release. Download games tend to be released close to their announcement, so the wait will hopefully not be too long.